Paste-receptacle.



H. J. POTTER.

PASTE RECEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. za. 1911.

Patented A111129, 1913.

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nutren srarns Parana ortica HARRY J'. POTTER, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 0F MASSACHUSETTS, (INCORPORATED IN 1911.)

PASTE-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 23, 1911.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913. Serial No. 656,227.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRY J. POTTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Paste-Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in receptacles for such adhesives as paste, and especially to those of the water-well type in which paste and water are contained in separate compartments of a jar, the watercompartment being adapted to receive a brush for applying the paste and keep the same soft and in condition for use.v

The particular objects of this invention are to provide a receptacle in which the water-compartment is so arranged that the brush may be rendered readily accessible, without the liability of soiling the hands of the user and without waste of space within the receptacle.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a top plan view of one embodiment of the invention; and Fig. 2 is a partial section therethrough on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters are applied to like parts in all the figures of the drawmg.

My improved receptacle is preferably in the form of a cylindrical jar 10 molded in glass or like material. As illustrated, it is provided about its top with a thread 11 to engage a corresponding thread upon a metal cap or cover 12. The cover is of sufficient height and is so related to the extent of engagement between the threads that a slight space is left within the cover above the top of the jar.

I prefer to so divide the interior of the jar as to furnish two paste-compartments 13, 13, and a brush and water-compartment 14. For this purpose a single partition 15 projects from the wall of the jar, extending in a radial direction. Before reaching the center of the receptacle the portion divides into two like partitions, these being first curved outwardly at 16 from the partition 15, then lying substantially parallel to one another at 17 separated by a. narrow space and then diverging at 18 to the wall of the jar opposite the starting point of the partition l5 to give a space of greater width than that between the partitions 17. The partition as a whole is therefore generally of Y- shape, the outside of the Y spacing the interior of the jar into the two large pastecompartments 13, 13, while between the arms of the Y is provided the contracted water and brush-compartment 14. At the junction of the arms below the top, a portion of the partition is carried inwardly, giving an angular projection 19 situated a slight distance below the top of the partitions 17. From the projection the extension retreats at 20 and is inclined upwardly to meet the partition 15. Of this jar the following should be particularly noted: It is separated into independent paste compartments which may be sealed and used in succession, thus avoiding the deterioration of a comparatively large body of paste. The stem 15 of the Y- partition accomplishes a portion of the separation with a minimum waste of space within the paste compartments 13, 13. The compartment 14 formed by the arms of the Y in completing the separation takes up no unnecessary room, since the handle b of a pastebrush in the compartment 14 fits quite closely between the portions 17, 17, and the expanded space between the diverging ends 18, 18, in which the bristles of the brush rest, is of comparatively sli ght radial extent. Nevertheless, there isfurnished thereby an opening at this extremity of the water-compartment into which the brush may be readily inserted in use, without danger of catching the bristles on top of the partition. The projection 19 against which the brush rests holds the handle clear of the outer walls and the partition, upon which paste may gather; consequently, soiling the hands of the user is avoided. The projection also furnishes a convenient means for removing the excess of water from the bristles as the brush is drawn out of the receptacle 14. The brushhandle is of sufficient lengt-h to extend into the space in the cover, this in connection with the projection 19 placing the extremity of said handle in a position to be freely grasped without touching the fingers to the jar, yet adding little to the bulk of the package.

I claim as my invention: Signed at South Framingham, in the A paste-jar having a generally Y-shaped county of Middlesex and State of Massa- 10 partitinfextenllingbetween the stides of th; Ohusetts, this 18th day of October, 1911. Jar an urnis infr upon oo os1 e sic es o 5 the Y paste-oompzrtments ddd between the H' J' POTTER' arms of the Y a Water-compartment, there being at the junction of the arms of the Y a projection into the Water-compartment.

Witnesses:

VALTER S. LIBBEY, FLORENCE L. DONOVAN.

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